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To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent to help members of the armed
forces living in Northern Ireland with their transition back to civilian life in each
of the last three years; and how much of that sum was spent on housing.

<p>Assisting our former Service personnel transition to civilian life is of major
importance, as indeed is having in place a robust and effective resettlement system
that helps our Service personnel on a number of levels.</p><p> </p><p>While the Ministry
of Defence (MOD) does not centrally record how much is spent on transitioning Service
personnel to civilian life, the following table shows the number of individuals with
a Northern Ireland postcode who have taken advantage of the services offered by the
Career Transition Partnership (CTP) and are in employment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>CTP
Programme</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>BT Postcodes</strong></p><p><strong>Placements</strong></p><p><strong>in
Northern Ireland </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>BT Postcodes Placements</strong></p><p><strong>Outside
Northern Ireland or unknown location</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employment
Support Programme</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Full
Support Programme</strong></p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>BT postcodes placements outside NI or ‘unknown location’ – means individuals
have recorded a NI address but their work location is outside NI (i.e. they may have
a permanent residence in NI which they return to at weekends or holidays or they have
not informed CTP of a permanent change of address)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Employment
Support Programme is for those who have served more than four but less than six years.
These individuals do not receive the Individual Resettlement Training Costs Grant
nor do they have an entitlement to Graduated Resettlement Time (i.e. paid time off
for vocational training). However, they can take advantage of the many briefings available
and they are supported in their search for employment by the CTP consultants and Job
Finding Service, including access to the online jobs portal ‘RightJob’. They can also
take advantage of resettlement training courses on a ‘standby’ basis in their own
time.</p><p> </p><p>Service personnel who have served for six years or more are entitled
to the Full Support Programme. This entitles them to the Individual Resettlement Training
Costs Grant (IRTC) which is worth £534 per person.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Service
Leavers may claim Travel and Subsistence costs during their training; the amount of
training is dependent on length of service up to a maximum of 35 days for those who
have served for 16 years or more.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Service Housing Advice Office
(JSHAO) is the MOD’s tri-Service focal point set up to provide Service personnel and
their families with civilian housing information for those wishing to move to civilian
accommodation at any point in their career, and to those during Armed Forces Resettlement
to assist the transition to civilian life. Delivered through briefings, Housing Matters
magazine publication, and one to one discussions where necessary. JSHAO also manages
the MOD Referral Scheme supporting social housing in conjunction with Local Authorities
and Housing Associations. The cost for providing advice is not held centrally and
could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p>